Development of a Questionnaire to Assess Subjective Vision Score in Myopes Seeking Refractive Surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-19

  Fraenkel, Graham ^a   Comaish, Ian ^a   Lawless, Michael A ^a   Kelly, Megasn R ^a   Dunn, Stewart M ^b   Byth, Karen ^a   Webber, Suzanne K ^a   Sutton, Gerard L ^a   Rogers, Christopher M ^a  

^a Eye Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COST; DRIVING ABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0345872169     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040101-03     Document Type: Article

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